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Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Mass Market Paperback)

by Paul Magrs (Author)
2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 249 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books (7 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0563538457
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563538455
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 524,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In the 1970s, a retired Oxford professor wrote a fantasy opus about a world ruled by super-intelligent dogs with hands. After his mysterious disappearance, his wife published the story, sparking a huge industry of sequels and films. The Doctor knew the professor when he first started writing the tale, and knows the story is similar to a real and troubled world. Someone is trafficking contraband otherworldly history, and the Doctor must find out who.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars No Need to Poo-Poodle this Book, 2 Jul 2002
By P. Baldowski "boreders.com" (Stockport, UK) - See all my reviews
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The Doctor, Fitz and Anji are perplexed with the complete and bizarre revision of a fantasy classic. In the 1940s, Reg Tyler is hard at work on his fantasy epic and threatened by an uneducated newcomer from London. And there have been strange poodles sighted at a Science Fiction symposium in the future, a stream in Bournemouth and a space station on the edge of a star system that contains the worrisome Dogworld. Fiction and fact collide in the midst of royal scheming, celluloid marvels of the early 21st century and the quiet quaffing of university notables. Taking a stab at a certain epic trilogy and the double-dealings of Hollywood, this is a great book that captures the characters and the locations just right. And the Doctor has grown a beard!
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Woof!, 18 Oct 2002
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With its striking pink colour, intriguing premise and "100th BBC Doctor Who Novel" banner, this is a book that will undoubtedly draw new readers to the line. Poor devils.

There's about a million interesting things that could be said about a world of intelligent dogs, and this book says none of them. What's their soceity like? Do they have humans on their world, and if so what is their status? Why do they watch so much human TV? This book covers none of this. There's a particularly glaring scene where the Doctor, Fitz and Anji are stripped naked, fitted with collars and leashes and made to act as pets to the Poodle Princess, and the book somehow manages not to make a single comment about how they feel about this. Generally, Paul Magrs wastes all the potential of the concept on a forumulaic, by-the-numbers plot.

It's not even well-written. There's a cringeworthy moment where Magrs wants to introduce Noel Coward, but apparently couldn't come up with an appropriate witicism for the great man. Later he wants us all to know that the Doctor has become impatient, so he has Coward say "You're becoming impatient, Doctor" (ironically, this is one of the few occaisions when the writing was actually succeeding, as the Doctor is pretty clearly impatient throughout and the reader didn't need Coward hand-holding him through to that conclusion).

Oh, and the plot doesn't make sense either.

I guess there _are_ worse books out there, but you'd have to hunt pretty hard to find them.

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!!, 20 Jan 2002
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No plot spoilers or in depth analysis here. Lets just say that we have Noel Coward, intergalactic poodles with guns and attitude and what appears to be a parody of a rather famous filmaker.
Bizarre but Brilliant!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars ...go out in the noonday sun
Paul Magrs' latest original Eighth Doctor novel is bright, brash, and at times a little silly, with its `Dogworld' and lashings of camp. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Harmless fun
Before starting this book, straight away you just know this is going to be fun, and that's just what it is. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Poodle Rockin'
Once again the Doctor and his companions descend into an adventure of paradoxes and impossibilities, but this time it's meant to be funny. Read more
Published on 2 April 2007 by Sam

1.0 out of 5 stars not funny
This book thinks that it is absolutely hilarious

It's anything but

Avoid.
Published on 17 Jul 2006 by Paul Tapner

1.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Off all the Doctor Who books, only this and one other have hit the lows. It is disgusting! I am ashamed to be called a Doctor Who fan because of perverted books like this. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
I started reading this book one evening and I couldn't put it down until i finished. Needless to say I was a wreck at work the next day! Read more
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